On 10 May 2012 05:04, Dan Shelton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 May 2012 18:04, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote: >> cc: [email protected] [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Re: [ast-developers] RFE: Extend ksh93 printf %q to accept >> modifiers >> -------- >> >> >>> David, FYI: The C99 extensions for decimal floating point specify the >>> new printf formats %Hf, %Df and %DDf for decimal floating point >>> datatypes _Decimal32, _Decimal64 and _Decimal64 (these will become >>> mandatory for the next C standard, including printf %Hf, %Df and %DDf >>> formats). If AST wants to remain POSIX conform ant then %H for HTML >>> has to be depreciated in favor of a different %<letter>. My preference >>> would be the %(html)q proposal. >>> >>> Irek >>> >> >> This is good to know. Since H is a modifier, if it is not followed by f, >> I could continue to treat it as %H for backward compatibility. >> I plan to add the %(xxx)q formats in ksh93v. > > I have a request: > Could you add %(html)q and %(xml)q for ksh93u to ease the transition > period, please? > Or send patches to do the same to this list for vendors to pick up who > may need it, please.
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